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    Gangsterism

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    (2005) defines gangsters as member of violent group of criminal. Gang Identifiers and Terminology‚ Cantrell‚ Mary Lynn‚ Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems (1992) defines gangsters as organized crime that Bootlegging activities such as importing or making illegal liquor and speakeasies where alcohol could be illegally purchased gave rise to rivalry that resulted in hired gangs of criminals and gun battles. Thompson‚ Tony. Gangs: A Journey into the heart of the British Underworld. (2005) London

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    Outcast United

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    world to try and start a better life through employment‚ education and even sports. Throughout their journey in Clarkston‚ Georgia they had to over come many obstacles to fulfill the American Dream. From unpleasant encounters with the police‚ violent gangs‚ to the hardship on the soccer field‚ resettlement in Clarkston was not a easy thing to do‚ regardless of your age. With the negative encounters the Clarkston refugees have had to face‚ is resettlement really possible? Chike Chime‚ a long time resident

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    West Side Story

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    music by Leonard Bernstein‚ and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The musical’s plot is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Set in New York in the mid-1950s‚ the musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks‚ two teenage street gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The members of the Sharks are first-generation Americans from Puerto Rico taunted by the Jets‚ a white group who consider themselves the true Americans. The young protagonist‚ Tony‚ one of the Jets‚ falls

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    Mencken‚ essayist and social critic‚ once wrote‚ “The average man doesn’t want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” .In contemporary society‚ you can still notice Mencken’s observations being reflective in numerous situations such as child labor‚ gangs‚ and even the Trayvon Martin case. Dating back to 1832‚ when New England first condemns child labor‚ negative speculations about child labor began. When child labor is thought about‚ many will notice it as a very immoral and corrupted thing. However

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    are also gangs. This book‚ “The Outsiders” written by S.E.Hinton is about a gang called Greasers and the narrator‚ “Ponyboy” tells us about what happened the year before telling us the story of everyday life as a Greaser. In this book‚the author uses different types of techniques to contradict the characters to their gang. However‚ the author also does not connect the characters to the gang. I have three different techniques that the author uses to contradict the characters to their gang. Ponyboy

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    the most part takes place in east of Los Angeles‚ Watts a neighborhood that was designated "as one of the 10 poorest in the country." The protagonist in this autobiography is Luis he is also the narrator‚ and the antagonist in autobiography is the gang life. The autobiography basically covers the life of a boy who grows up to his teens named Luis. At the beginning Luis has a very unstable life because his parents were constantly moving. There was not a stable place he could call home

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    Prison Environment

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    generally separated by race or gang affiliation. These cliques influence the institutional management and custody in a variety of ways. General management and daily interaction of inmates must be respectful and sensitive to the race factor. Strategies were developed to combat prison gangs‚ these strategies include; segregation‚ isolation of gang leaders‚ jacketing or labeling and categorizing gang members for intelligence purposes‚ deprogramming‚ and placement of gang members in high-security prisons

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    would you be interested in studying and why? What types of questions or issues‚ in particular‚ would interest you? I would be interested in learning how gangs operate‚ specifically what kind of organization they have. I don’t think most gangs are as organized as say the mafia‚ but I imagine they have some level of structure. I would focus on gangs around my hometown (Salem). 3. What form of participant observation would be most conducive to a study of this group‚ and why? I would be a participant

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    Motion in Limine

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    DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA‚ ) Cr. No. 00001 PLAINTIFF‚ ) ) v. ) ) WILLIAM LLOYD ) DEFENDANT. ) ___________________________________ ) MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE OF ALLEGED GANG AFFILIATED COMMENTS BECAUSE OF THE PREJUDICIAL EFFECT OUTWEIGHS THE PROBATIVE VALUE OF THE EVIDENCE COMES NOW the Defendant‚ William Lloyd‚ by and through counsel‚ Laura Poschen‚ and requests the Court to exclude from evidence at the trial of this

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    Dehumanization is a psychological process when people view others as less than human‚ thus making them feel like they are less deserving of moral consideration. Ivan Denisovich and all of the men in Gang 104 are dehumanized by the Majors and gang leaders at the labor camp HQ. In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alezksandr Solzhenitsyn‚ this Stalinist labor camp in which Shukhov is imprisoned is designed to attack its prisoners’ physical and spiritual dignity‚ thus systematically establishing

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